パパ活

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
活
かつ
Grade: 2

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Etymology

From パパ (“papa, father”) +‎ 活 (“activity”). Compare 婚活(こんかつ) (konkatsu, “marriage-hunting”)

Noun

パパ活(かつ) • (papakatsu) 

  1. sugar dating (seeking or doing dating with an older man, or a sugar daddy, in exhange for money and other goods)

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Verb

パパ活(かつ)する • (papakatsu suru) suru (stem パパ活(かつ)し (papakatsu shi), past パパ活(かつ)した (papakatsu shita))

  1. to seek or do paid dating with an older man
    • 2023, Harumi Yoshida
      生(い)きるために、食(た)べるために、そして、その夜(よる)の寝床(ねどこ)を求(もと)めてパパ活(かつ)する子(こ)もいます。
      Ikiru tame ni, taberu tame ni, soshite, sono yoru no nedoko o motomete papakatsu suru ko mo imasu.
      Some girls seek a sugar daddy in order to survive, to feed themselves, or to have a roof over their heads just for the one night.
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